Chest depository



April 25, 1933- c. F. SIOBERG 1,905,572

CHEST DEPOSITORY Filed June 13, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet l Apfil 25, 1933- c. F. SIOBERG 1,905,572

CHEST DEPOSITORY Filed June 13, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 A ril 25, 1933. c. F. SIOBERG CHEST DEPOSITORY Filed June 13, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed June 13, 1931 i ture' houses, also in chain, stores,

Patented Apr. 25, 1933 means rarest PANY, QE YORK; PENESYEVANIA, A

GORBORATION or DELAWARE CHEST nnrosrrony' ppli ation filed: J 11m :3,

In order to, protect thecash which is re.- ceived in; the formof a large number of relatively small: payments, particularly in th ox ofilc i atr s and m g P railway ticket-offices and the like, it has recently become the accepted, practicein the construc: tion of, the safes adapted to this particular purp.ose,,to provide means whereby the cash thus received may be deposited Without opening the main door of the safe through which the valuables are withdrawn, and without giving the employeewho deposits the money free access to the safe. This serves the double purpose of making it feasible toliinit the knowledge of the combination to a few trusted employees or officials and tokeep the'safe door closed so that the cash acciunulated within the safe is, fully protected and accessible to those only'who are duly authorized and therefore have knowledge of the combination. 7

In order to protect the cash paid in this way, it is ordinarily allowed to accumulate for short periods when it is formed into convenient sized packages and deposited in the safe. In order that these accumulations may be admitted to the safe and deposited without openingthe safe, the contents of thestfe being therefore fully protected, the safes used for this purpose have been equipped with various devices known as depositories.

Such depositories ordinarily include a pipe or passage leading from a point convenient to the collector downwardly into thesafe. Such pipe or passage has been provided at the top with a slot or any convenient means for introducing the packages whereby they are permittedto pass downwardly into the safe and are protected from further access until the safe door is opened.

With the development of such depositories new methods of burglarizing particularly adapted tothis type of safe and obtaining access to the money or other valuables thus intended to be protected have been developed. One of the more ingenious methods recently devised consists in flooding the safe wlth water, easily obtained from a conscale as. Figure 1, showing 19 11: swarm- 54. 1 5

venient fire hydrant, whereby the packages which ordinarily consist of bundlesof bank n tes or' bills float up to, the top of the safe and on upwardthrough the depository pas: sage where they are easily accessible.

The present invention relates to a new and improved type of depository and to in proved protecting means the iefor, parties ularlyadapted to prevent unauthorized access to the contents of the safe in any man? ner including particularly the expedient of flooding to raise the'packages and make them accessible through the depository.

In the accompanying drawingsl have illustrated a safe equipped with a depository and protecting means ther6f0l3the samebef ing shown in the preferred form embodying the features of my invention.

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Figure l is a side elevation Of the fire; proof safeand burglarprooif chest, the concealed portions bei g produced in dotted lines and the top of the safe being broken away to show the depository. s

Figure 2 isv a frontelevation. of the, dc positoryand the immediately: adjacent pore,- tion of the burglarproof chest wa l-ls onan enlarged scale, 7

Figure 3 is aside view ofthe corresponding to Figure 2.7 v as Figure 4; is a front elevation on the same h Qp'pQr-tiw f and burglarproof chest res tory the fireproof safe fragmentarily.

Figure 5 is Figure 4, v top of the depository, and all but the adjacent portions of the top wall of the burglarproof chestbeing broken away. I

Referring to the drawings by numerals, each of which isused to indicateth same or similar parts in the different figures, the disclosure includes a fireproof safe '1, having a safe door '2, secured in closed position by a section on the line. 5, 5 in a combination lock 3and chest door 4 leading to the mpar me f ure erproei chest 9. 1

The safe structure as shown consists of a burglarproof chest 9 of relatively thick metal and a sheet metal casing or outer cas showing the battle and float, the

mg 10 of fireproof safe 1 spaced outwardly therefrom. The space 5 between the outer casing'lO and the chest may be filled with fireproof material. At the top the chest 9 is apertured at 12 and the depository 14 is secured to the top wall 15 of the chest member by means of lugs 16. The depository extends upwardly through the outer casing 10, contact of the outer casing 10 with the depository 14 being closed by boss 17 shown as secured to the casing 10 on the inside and the outside of the same and S111? rounding the depository.

The depository is best illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. It consists of an upper cylindrical portion 19 preferably having its axis horizontal and having an opening20 at the front for the insertion of the packages and valuables to be deposited. The cylindrical portion 19 of the depository is connected to the opening 12 in the top of the chest wall by a vertical passage 22 extendingdownwardly from the cylindrical portion of the depository to and through the top wall of the burglarproof chest. Mounted within and fitting the cylindrical portion 19 of the depository casing is a rotary depository cylinder or pocket member 24. V r

The depository cylinder is supported at the axis to prevent friction between the cylindrical walls of the rotary cylinder 24 and the walls of the casing cylinder 19. In accordance with the illustratiomthe cylinder 24 is supported at one end by its shaft 25 which rotates in suitable bearings in the cylindrical casing. This shaft 25 carries a handle 26 secured thereto at its outer end beyond the casing 19 and the other end of the rotary cylinder 24 is supported by a cone bearing at 27', the conical end 27 of stud 27 engaging said bearing. 1

Rotation of the cylinder 24 in the casing 19 is limited to a predetermined are by a pin 28 which projects outwardly therefrom in an axial direction and operates in an arcuate slot 29 in the casing limiting the arc of rotation of the pocket cylinder to a predetermined arc or fractional turn of the cylinder as hereinafter described. The rotary cylinder 24 serves the function of a pocket member or rotary receptacle and to this end, it is formed with a chamber or pocket 30 which is open through the wall of the rotary cylinder 24, the opening as shown spanning an arc of about 60 degrees. It is also shown as provided with side walls 32 parallel to the radius at the center of the are 31. The opening 20 in the outer cylinder 19 is of substantially the same size and shape as the opening 31, the rotary pocket cylinder 24 being shown with its opening inregistration with the opening 20 in the outer cylindrical casing 19. This is what may be termed the normal position of the pocket member or cylindrical pocket openings 31, 20, i. e.,

' tion with the opening 24, 30, the cylindrical casing 19 is also open downwardly through the passage 22 into the chest, particularly into the compartment 6 of the chest.

The width of the passage 22 in the direction of the circumference of the cylinders 19, 24, is preferably the same as that of the spanning an are of about 60 degrees The downward, i..e., the discharge Opening leading into the discharge passage 22 is indicated by reference character '33. The pocket cylinder 24 is closed except for the opening 31 and the cylindrical casing 19 of the depository is closed ex cept for the openings 33, 20. The arcuate wall 35 ofthe cylindrical casing 19 at the front between the openings 33, 20, is of an extent in the direction of the circumference at least as great and preferably a little greater than the opening 31 in the rotary cylinder or pocket 24 so that the depository is always closed, i. e., the pocket opening 31 cannot span the wall 35 and there is no position of the rotary cylinder 24 in which there is an opening giving access to the passage 22 by way of the opening 31 and the casing openings 20 and 33.

The depository pocket or cylinder 24 as shown is in the normal or receiving position. In this position the pocket 30 and the opening 31-of the pocket are in registra- 20 in the outer cylindricalcasing 19, andthe vertical passage 22, particularly the opening into this passage is closed by the rotary cylinder or cylindrical pocket member Assuming that with the pocket member or cylinder 24 is in the normal position in which it is shown and that a package be inserted through the opening 20 in the cylindrical casing 19 and through the opening 31 in registration therewith into the pocket 30, the handle 26 is then engaged by the operator and pulled upwardly and forwardly i. e. to the left in Figure 3, rotating the cylinder 24 and the pocket 30 so that the opening 31 therein swings out of registration with the admission opening 20 and into registration with the discharge opening 33 leading into the downward passage 22 to the burglarproof chest compartment 6. The pocket being thus inverted, the package passes by gravity through the passage 22 and falls into the compartment 6 of the chest.

A method recently devised of burglar zing chests equipped with a depository for introducing packages without opening the chest door is by flooding the chest to bring ite the packages to the surface where they can 7 be extracted through the depository opening.

A feature of the present depository 15 intended to combat this method of attack.

Referring now particularly to Figures 1 and 5, the depository"delivery passage 22 which registers with the opening 12 in the top of the chest 9 is provided with a gate or cover referred to in the art as a baifle 35. As shown, this is hinged at 36 to the bottom side of the top wall 15 of the chest immediately adjacent the opening 12 so that it swings downwardly into the chest in opening. This gate or bafiie 35 is provided with a float member 37 secured thereto, which float member may be in the form of a pan or similar container encircled by a flange 38 which is secured to the bafiie 35 in any suitable manner as by rivets 41. In the form of the invention shown in Figure 5, the open position of the baflie is controlled by means of a stop arm 39 formed lntegrally with the baflie and projecting beyond the hinge oppositely to the baflie and inclined at an angle of about 120 degrees thereto so that in normal open position the baflle hangs at about 30 degrees from the vertical. Thus, it can at any time be closed by the upward tendency of the float member 37 due to its buoyancy in case the chest is flooded with water.

Figure 5 shows the chest filled with water, the baflie 35 being closed by the operation of the float 37 completely closing the passage 22 leading downwardly from the depository to the chest. This figure also illustrates packages 40, which have floated on the admission of water to the chest, prevented from passing into the depository through the opening 12, with the water, by the operation of the bafile 35.

The closing of the baflie 35 by means of a float has the further advantage that filling the chest with water not only does not serve to bring the contents up into the depository or into the passage 22 or render them accessible in any way, but it fails to give the prospective burglar any knowledge of or access to the contents of the chest as the depository is always closed, the pocket cylinder being so arranged as to avoid opening the depository through the pocket or in any way from the intake opening 20 to the discharge opening 33 and passage 22.

I have thus described specifically and in detail a chest equipped with a rotary depository and automatic bafiie embodying the features of my invention in order that the nature of the same and the manner of constructing, applying and using the invention may be fully understood, however, the specific terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent is: g

1. The combination with a fireproof safe and burglar proof chest of a depository having a discharge passage leading downwardly into the chest with a depository casing at the top of the passage having a discharge opening leading to said passage, the casing having enclosing and supporting means for a rotary pocket member and an admission opening for access to the pocket, a rotary pocket member in the said casing, having a pocket opening adapted to register with the admission opening and the discharge opening in turn, the casing enclosure including a wall separating the admission opening from the discharge opening, of a dimension in the direction of rotation of the pocket greater than the correspond ing dimension of the pocket, the discharge passage from the depository having a bafile mounted to move from open to closed position as to said passage, and a float connected thereto to operate the battle to block the passage if the chest is flooded with water.

2. The combination with a chest of a depository passage extending downwardly into the chest so that packages and the like can be introduced into the chest through the depository passage by gravity, of a gate for said depository passage and means comprising a float for holding the gate in closed position when the chest is flooded.

3. The combination with a chest having a passage leading downwardly into the chest for the deposit of packages therein by gravity, of a gate adapted to close the passage at the lower end, and to prevent the flotation of the contents of the chest into the passage, the gatebeing-held in closed position by the weight of the liquid when the chest is flooded,

4. The combination with a burglarproof chest having a passage for the introduction into the chest of packages which move down the passage by gravity, of a gate adapted to close the lower portion of the passage, means supporting the gate, whereby it is permitted to move freely from open to closed position and is held normally open, and a float connected to the gate to operate the same to close the gate when the chest is flooded.

5. The combination with a burglarproof chest having a passage leading downwardly into the chest for the admission of packages to the chest, of a gate mounted adjacent the lower portion of the passage, means supporting the gate to move fromopen to closed position, a float connected to the gate to close the same when the chest is flooded and a stop forcontrolling the open position of the gate so that it will be closed by the upward tendency of the float when the liquid is introduced.

Signed by me at York, 11th day of June, 1931.

CHARLES F. SIOBERG.

Pennsylvania, this the same being 7 

